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Serendipity and the Art of the Quilt

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Technique:Design

Auditions

6 May 2007 Filed Under: Technique:Design

As I have mentioned before

Size matters, sometimes

18 April 2007 Filed Under: Technique:Design

Have you ever been to one of those collaborative exhibitions such as Five Squared or tripARTite where the artists make quilts to certain size specifications so they neatly fit in with each other? I don’t know how they do it! For the past little while I have been working on an entry for the Down […]

Cross that?

2 April 2007 Filed Under: Food, Technique:Design

With Easter upon us, it’s time to make Hot Cross Buns again. Here’s some that my sister Chantel made yesterday: Rummaging through my stash for the Gees Bend Challenge, I came across these cross blocks that I started, and abandoned, last year: Admittedly the blocks are intended for a bright children’s quilt, but I am […]

Sunset Strata

24 March 2007 Filed Under: Contemporary Quilts, Technique:Design

I’ve enjoyed Alison’s series of March posts “Anatomy of a Commission” and thought I would do something similar with my experimentation with the layering technique set out in Ineke Berlyn’s book. First I reviewed some photos from my recent trip to Western Australia and cropped a slice from one of the Indian Ocean sunset shots: […]

White Out

22 March 2007 Filed Under: Technique:Design

A while ago, I mentioned my purchase of the book Landscape in Contemporary Quilts by Ineke Berlyn. What a fabulous read! One thing that struck me as I admire Ineke’s quilts is her use of white and nearly white fabrics. Not just as clouds, sea foam or snow but as buildings, sunrays, yacht sails and […]

Theory & practice

25 February 2007 Filed Under: Education, Technique:Design

Thank you to Sarah Ann Smith for her informative review of A Lively Guide to Design Basics for Artists and Craftspeople by Steven Aimone. I’d heard about this book on the quiltart list but now I have pulled out the credit card to actually buy it: As a quiltmaker with no artistic background and no […]

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Looking forward to sharing my artwork in the Gosfo Looking forward to sharing my artwork in the Gosford Art Prize 2022 at @gosfordgallery from 20 August to 23 October 2022. The official opening is coming up on Friday 19 August. The gallery will be live streaming on IG from approximately 6.30pm.
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I made these Pacific-inspired place mats years ago I made these Pacific-inspired place mats years ago for my family in New Zealand. It’s great to see they are useful and used. 🖤💚❤️

You can make your own variation with my free pattern. Link in profile.
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